Head-days, grazing, and the country itself. Live
Track stock agisted in and out by the head-day, keep grazing days per paddock, and record repeatable land-condition assessments — so the land side of the operation is measured, not remembered.
When you take stock on agistment or send yours away, the money is in the head-days — and getting the tally wrong at either end is a real cost. When you’re managing your own country, the value is in knowing which paddocks are being flogged and which are resting. Livestock Library measures both.
Agistment is recorded as stock coming onto or leaving a property that isn’t simply a sale — with the dates that matter — so head-day accrual builds correctly as animals move in and out over a period. Grazing days accrue against paddocks. And land condition is captured in a repeatable way so you can see a paddock’s trend over the years, not just a one-off note.
Measuring the land side.
Agist in / out
Record stock arriving on or leaving agistment with their dates. Head-days accrue automatically for the billing period.
Grazing days
As mobs move through paddocks, grazing days build up per paddock — so you can see what each bit of country is carrying.
Assess & repeat
Record a land-condition assessment against a paddock, in the same shape each time, and watch the trend across seasons.
Head-day accrual that adds up
Agistment billing lives or dies on the head-day count, and animals rarely all arrive and leave on the same day. Because movements carry their real dates, the accrual is computed from when each beast was actually on the country — not a rough “about six weeks”. Whether you’re paying or being paid, the number reconciles.
Grazing pressure per paddock
Every time a mob moves into a paddock, that paddock starts accruing grazing days for the head in it. Over a season that tells you which paddocks are carrying the load and which are getting a spell — the raw material for a rotation that keeps your country in good heart.
Repeatable land-condition assessments
A land-condition note is only useful if the next one is comparable. Assessments are recorded in a consistent, repeatable form against the paddock, so you build a real trend line — improving, holding or declining — rather than a folder of one-off observations you can’t line up.
The detail.
| Agistment | Stock in and out with dates; head-day accrual for the period |
|---|---|
| Grazing | Grazing days accrued per paddock as mobs move through |
| Land condition | Repeatable assessments per paddock, trended over time |
| Basis | Real movement dates — accrual reconciles to actual time on country |
| Ties to | Properties, paddocks, mobs and movements you already record |
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